diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 872f5f7ac1..e66f76e14b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout current commit
       uses: actions/checkout@v5
-      with:
-        submodules: recursive
 
     - uses: ./.github/actions/deps
       with:
         extras: +dev
+
     - uses: ./.github/actions/hugepages
       with:
         count_gigantic: 398
@@ -47,10 +46,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v5
       with:
         ref: main
-        submodules: recursive
-    - uses: ./.github/actions/deps
-      with:
-        extras: +dev
+        clean: false
+
     - run: make -j
 
     - name: Run baseline benchmarks